windows 2003 server : can't join domain
- by phill
I originally tried to rejoin a computer to a network which led to a "cannot find domain" error. The username/password box don't even come up.
some tests i ran:
I can ping the server, however I can't ping the domain name domain1.local.
nslookup can't find the domain either. It looks to the isp's dns instead of my own to resolve the local machines.
So i go to the dns and run netdiag.exe and gives me this error.
DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the name
'stmartinsrv.stmartin.local.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE]
The name 'srv.domain1.local.' may not be registered in DNS.
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly on DNS se
rver '68.94.156.1'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server replication.
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly on DNS se
rver '68.94.157.1'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server replication.
[FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC registered.
Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the Redir
NetBT_Tcpip_{04BB0F6B-06AE-4D60-80C8-2A7A24C1D87B}
The redir is bound to 1 NetBt transport.
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the browser
NetBT_Tcpip_{04BB0F6B-06AE-4D60-80C8-2A7A24C1D87B}
The browser is bound to 1 NetBt transport.
then running dcdiag
C:\Program Files\Support Toolsdcdiag
Domain Controller Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\SRV
Starting test: Connectivity
The host 1c99f63c-49ec-40db-b3d3-6265c00fbd3e._msdcs.domain1.local cou
ld not be resolved to an
IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
Although the Guid DNS name
(1c99f63c-49ec-40db-b3d3-6265c00fbd3e._msdcs.domain1.local) couldn't
be resolved, the server name (srv.domain1.local) resolved to
the IP address (192.168.1.21) and was pingable. Check that the IP
address is registered correctly with the DNS server.
......................... SRV failed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\SRV
Skipping all tests, because server SRV is
not responding to directory service requests
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : domain1
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... domain1 passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... domain1 passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running enterprise tests on : domain1.local
Starting test: Intersite
......................... domain1.local passed test Intersite
Starting test: FsmoCheck
......................... domain1.local passed test FsmoCheck
from previous postings, I've tried adding the domain suffix to the nic ip properties to both the client machine and the dc server which didn't help.
note: there is only one nic on the server
any ideas? thanks in advance